Cabinet.



Patented Ut. 29, 1918.

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CABINET.

APPLzCATmN men SEPT. 5. 19! rA h. H 72am Br /A HENRY H. TURCHIN, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

CABINET.

Specification if Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 29, 1918.

Application tiled September 5, 1917. Serial No. 189,784.

To M whom it 'may concern:

Bc it known that I, HENRYH. TpncHiN, a citizen oi the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borongh of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Cabinet, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates t0 a cabinet which forms a smoker and poker outfit.

The object ofthe invention is to provide a simple, convenient and inexpensive r binet which is characterized by a card carrier secured to the door, and which carrier has a swinging basket for chips, the basket carrying a smokers outfit, and the` whole being balanced so that the basket and smoker-s outlit are maintained always in a vertical position when the door is moved to close or open the cabinet.

Other characteristics of the invention will appeal' as the description proceeds.

ln the aeconipai'iying drawings, forming part of the application, similar characters of reference indicate corresl'ionding parts in both views.V

Figure 1 is a Section through the cabinet embodying my invention, the same being shown in a position where the outfit is exposed by the open door, the dotted line in said "fure showing the position of the outfit when the cabinet is closed; and

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the cabinet when the same is open, certain parts of the structure being broken away to show the Ydetails of construction.

Referring to the drawings, 3 is the cabinet one side 4 of which is hinged at the bottom and serves as a door for the cabinet. The bottom of the cabinet is preferably provided with lugs 5 the height of which is substantially equal to the height of a knob 6 at the top of the door, so that the door when open is on a level with the bottom of the cabinet. A plate 7 is referably secured to the inside ofthe door.' tandards 8 rise from the plate 7 substantially in the central ransverse plane ofthe door and far enough to the edge to easily enter into the cabinet 3. A basket 9 is suspended by pivotsl 10 from the tp of the standards to swlng therebetween. he basket has an undulated bottom which forms a series of compartments havin rounded bottoms into which chips may e placed. As shown, there are four compartments for chips. The space between the false bottom 11 and the bottom 'is filled with some heavy nia terial 11' which balances the smokers outlit 12 secured to one side of the basket by arms 13.

The outfit has at one end a match-box' housing 14, at the other end, an ash-tray support 15 on which ash trays 16 are carried to be distributed to the smokers who piay cards. Between the housing 14 and the ash-tray support 15 a receptacle'l is provided, the shape of which depends on whether it is to accommodate cigarettes, b0- baceo or cigars. To prevent oscillation of the basket 9 when matches, cigarettes or trays are handled on the outfit, projections 18 are provided near the bottom of the basket which engage the rear edges of the standards. The engagement of these projections with the standards also prevent oscillation of the basket when openlng the i oor.

The basket is so mounted on the standards that the same clears card pockets 19 provided on the plate 7 between the standards. These card pockets 19 preferably, open toward the upper edge of the door 4. This facilitates the removal of the cards from the pockets when the cabinet is open-and also prevents the cards from falling out of the pockets when the cabinet is closed.

lt will be noted that when the cabinet is closed the weight of the basket and the smoker outfit is disposed below the pivot 10 which is in the central transverse plane of the door and, in consequence, the tendency of the. weight is to maintain the door closed, thereby eliminating the necessity for closing means on the door.- To open the door an effort is required to overcome the resistance caused by the peculiar position of the basket when the cabinet is closed.

To facilitate the handling of the cabinet a handle 20 is provided which is mounted to slide in and out of the top of the cabinet. For this purpose sliding bars 21 are connected to the handle which pass through bearings 22 provided on the top of the cabinet. Normally the handle proper is moved against the bearings 22 so as to reduce the bulkiness of the handle above the cabinet. On the other hand, the sliding bars permit suiiicient clearance for the hand when the handle is` gripped to carry the cabinet.

The excess weight`i the bottom of the basket inaintninethfi basket and the smokers outfit alwayey in a refrtieal position and thereby prevents the spilling of the cigarettes, matches or trays during the (fiisplacement of the door.

I claim:`

1. A cabinet having n door hinged near thebotioni of the cabinet, standards near the eide edges of the door on the inner surface of the same, and e basket pivotelly connected. to uid standards, seid basket being weighted near the bottom so that the center 'of gravity 0f onine is. eomparntively low, whereby when the c'over" is moved to the closed position it iS retained thereaty by the weight of the basket swung from the standards.

2. A cabinet having e door hinged at the bottoni edge, standards on the inner fece of the door near the side edges, e basket pivotn ally suspended from Seid'sternlnrde io Hwing therebetween when the door is moved to the open or the eiosed position, und ineens on the basket for engaging the stiuidards so ns to prevent the displacement of the basket on its pivots when. pressure is applied to the inner edge of the bAHket when the door is open.

HENRY H. TURCHIN. 

